tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88794078737355031502017-08-15T16:54:32.475-07:00Sada's BlogSada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-82601985266935185112016-08-10T11:48:00.001-07:002016-08-10T11:55:13.446-07:00Michael Phelps - He is no ordinary athlete .....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Phelps 2016 -<br />An athlete that everyone thought was joking when he said he is going to Rio in 2016. Some said he is the mama's boy who wanted to go there to just make his mom happy but has lost the mojo and wont be able to show his strength.<br />After last night, i think the world has shut up, shut up in disbelief.<br />I was very confident, he was going to win and he was going to win big.<br />His Heat performance was 1 sec behind the leader but it had nothing to do with his real performance.<br />We have seen this beast many times and yes when its a competition there is none to match his competitive spirit.<br />Some of the best talent in sports including Kobe, Kevin Durant, Jordan, Tiger woods, RF have admitted that there is nobody as mentally strong as Phelps.<br />To me he is the epitome of an athelete and no matter what he does in the first 2 years after the olympics is over, never write him off.<br />Its like betting against America as a country, you will have a lot of high but you will always loose.<br />He came to the first Olympics with one woman ( Mom ), Then wife and then Wife and Daughter ...<br />He has made us all plenty proud and his family mighty proud.<br />Best wishes for the races ahead.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-82309135370609421082014-11-17T03:38:00.001-08:002014-11-17T03:38:53.860-08:00The Failures of Nehru on the eve of 125th birthday celebrations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Good Read<br /><br />http://shankhnaad.net/index.php/nation/aryavart/national-politics/84-congress/134-article-119<br /><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-24385590534158190482014-11-04T19:58:00.002-08:002014-11-04T19:58:29.831-08:00Nathuram Godse - Final Speech in Court<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I had the chance to review the last speech of Godse in the court during his trial proceedings<br />Please see below<br /><br /><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nathuram Godse - His Last Speech</span></h3><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"May it please Your Honour"</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nathuram Godse</span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-d6403e08-7e19-ab19-0b9b-96d3a3ae2fae" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[On 8 November 1948, Nathuram Godse (19 May 1910-15 November 1949) rose to make his statement in court. Reading quietly from a typed manuscript, he sought to explain why he had killed Gandhi. His thesis covered ninety-pages, and he was on his feet for five hours. Godse's statement, excerpted below, should be read by citizens and scholars in its entirely, for it provides an insight into his personality and his understanding of the concept of Indian nationhood – Editor]</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Born in a devotional Brahmin family, I instinctively came to revere Hindu religion, Hindu history and Hindu culture. I had, therefore, been intensely proud of Hinduism as a whole. As I grew up I developed a tendency to free thinking unfettered by any superstitious allegiance to any isms, political or religious. That is why I worked actively for the eradication of untouchability and the caste system based on birth alone. I openly joined anti-caste movements and maintained that all Hindus are of equal status as to rights, social and religious, and should be considered high or low on merit alone and not through the accident of birth in a particular caste or profession.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I used publicly to take part in organized anti-caste dinners which thousands of Hindus, Brahmins, Vaishyas, Kshatriyas, Chamars and B-----s participated. We broke the caste rules and dined in the company of each other. I have read the speeches and writings of Dadabhai Naoroji, Vivekanand, Gokhale, Tilak, along with the books of ancient and modern history of India and some prominent countries like England, France, America and Russia. Moreover I studied the tenets of socialism and Marxism. But above all I studied very closely what Veer (brave) Savarkar and Gandhiji had written and spoken, as to my mind these two ideologies have contributed more to the moulding of the thought and action of the Indian people during the last thirty years or so, than any other factor has done.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All this thinking and reading led me to believe that it was my first duty to serve Hindudom and Hindus both as a patriot and as a world citizen. To secure the freedom and to safeguard the just interests of some thirty crores (three hundred million) of Hindus would automatically constitute the freedom and well-being of all India, one fifth of the human race. This conviction led me naturally to devote myself to the Hindu Sanatanist ideology and programme, which alone, I came to believe, could win and preserve the National Independence of Hindustan, my Motherland, and enable her to render true service to humanity as well. Since the year 1920, that is, after the demise of Lokmanya Tilak, Gandhi's influence in the Congress first increased and then became supreme.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /></b><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His activities for public awakening were phenomenal in their intensity and were reinforced by the slogan of truth and non-violence, which he paraded ostentatiously before the country. No sensible or enlightened person could object to these slogans. In fact there is nothing new or original in them. They are implicit in every constitutional public movement. But it is nothing but a dream if you imagine the bulk of mankind is, or can ever become, capable of scrupulous adherence to these lofty principles in its normal life from day to day. In fact, honour, duty and love of one's own kith and kin and country might often compel us to disregard non-violence and to use force. I could never conceive that an armed resistance to an aggression is unjust.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would consider it a religious and moral duty to resist and if possible, to overpower such an enemy by use of force. (In the Ramayana) Rama killed Ravana in a tumultuous fight and relieved Sita. (In the Mahabharata) Krishna killed Kansa to end his wickedness; and Arjuna had to fight and slay quite a number of his friends and relations, including the revered Bhishma, because the latter was on the side of the aggressor. It is my firm belief that in dubbing Rama, Krishna and Arjuna as guilty of violence, the Mahatma betrayed the total ignorance of the springs of human action. In more recent history, it was the heroic fight put up by Chhatrapati Shivaji that first checked and eventually destroyed the Muslim tyranny in India. It was absolutely essential for Shivaji to overpower and kill an aggressive Afzal Khan, failing which he would have lost his own life. In condemning history's towering warriors like Shivaji, Rana Pratap and Guru Govind Singh as misguided patriots, Gandhi has merely exposed his self-conceit.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He was, paradoxical, as it may appear, a violent pacifist who brought untold calamities on the country in the name of truth and non-violence, while Rana Pratap, Shivaji and the Guru will remain enshrined in the hearts of their countrymen forever for the freedom they brought to them. The accumulating provocation of thirty-two years, culminating in his last pro-Muslim fast, at last goaded me to the conclusion that the existence of Gandhi should be brought to an end immediately. Gandhi had done very good work in South Africa to uphold the rights and well being of the Indian community there.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But when he finally returned to India, he developed a subjective mentality under which he alone was to be the final judge of what was right or wrong. If the country wanted his leadership, it had to accept his infallibility; if it did not, he would stand aloof from the Congress and carry on in his own way. Against such an attitude there can be no halfway house. Either Congress had to surrender its will to his and had to be content with playing second fiddle to all his eccentricity, whimsicality, metaphysics and primitive vision, or it had to carry on without him. He alone was the judge of everyone and everything; he was the master brain guiding the Civil Disobedience movement; no other could know the technique of that movement. He alone knew when to begin it and when to withdraw it. The movement might succeed or fail, but that could make no difference to the Mahatma's infallibility. 'A Satyagrahi can never fail' was his formula for his own infallibility and nobody except himself knew what a Satyagrahi is.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thus the Mahatma became the judge and the jury in his own case. These childish insanities and obstinacies, coupled with a most severe austerity of life, ceaseless work and lofty character made Gandhi formidable and irresistible. Many people thought that his policies were irrational, but they had either to withdraw from the Congress or place their intelligence at his feet to do with as he liked. In a position of such absolute irresponsibility, Gandhi was guilty of blunder after blunder, failure after failure, and disaster after disaster. Gandhi's pro-Muslim policy is blatantly illustrated in his perverse attitude on the question of the national language of India. It is quite obvious that Hindi has the most prior claim to be accepted as the premier language.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the beginning of his career in India, Gandhi gave a great impetus to Hindi, but as he found that the Muslims did not like it, he became a champion of what is called Hindustani. Everybody in India knows that there is no language in India called Hindustani; it has no grammar; it has no vocabulary. It is a mere dialect; it is spoken, not written. It is a tongue and a crossbreed between Hindi and Urdu, and not even the Mahatma's sophistry could make it popular. But in his desire to please the Muslims he insisted that Hindustani alone should be the national language of India. His blind followers, of course, supported him and the so-called hybrid language began to be used. The charm and the purity of the Hindi language were to be prostituted to please the Muslims. All his experiments were at the expense of the Hindus.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From August 1946 onwards, the private armies of the Muslim League began a massacre of Hindus. The then Viceroy, Lord Wavell, though distressed at what was happening, would not use his powers under the Government of India Act of 1935 to prevent the rape, murder and arson. The Hindu blood began to flow from Bengal to Karachi with little retaliation by the Hindus. The Interim Government formed in September was sabotaged by its Muslim League members right from its inception, but the more they became disloyal and treasonable to the government of which they were a part, the greater was Gandhi's infatuation for them.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lord Wavell had to resign as he could not bring about a settlement and was succeeded by Lord Mountbatten. King Stork followed King Log. The Congress, which had boasted of its nationalism and secularism, secretly accepted Pakistan literally at the point of the bayonet and abjectly surrendered to Jinnah. India was vivisected and one-third of the Indian Territory became foreign land to us from 15 August 1947. Lord Mountbatten came to be described in the Congress circles as the greatest Viceroy and Governor-General this country ever had.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The official date for the handing over of power was fixed for June 30, 1948, but Mountbatten with his ruthless surgery gave us a gift of vivisected India ten months in advance. This is what Gandhi had achieved after thirty years of undisputed dictatorship and this is what the Congress party calls 'freedom' and 'peaceful transfer of power'. The Hindu-Muslim unity bubble was finally burst and a theocratic state was established with the consent of Nehru and his crowd and they have called it 'freedom won by them with sacrifice' - whose sacrifice? When top leaders of Congress, with the consent of Gandhi, divided and tore the country - which we considered a deity of worship - my mind was filled with direful anger.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the conditions imposed by Gandhi for his breaking of the fast related to the mosques in Delhi occupied by the Hindu refugees. But when Hindus in Pakistan were subjected to violent attacks he did not so much as utter a single word to protest and censure the Pakistan Government or the Muslims concerned. Gandhi was shrewd enough to know that while undertaking a fast unto death, had he imposed some conditions on the Muslims in Pakistan, here would have been found hardly any Muslims who could have shown some grief if the fast had ended in his death. It was for this reason that he purposely avoided imposing any conditions on the Muslims.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He was fully aware from past experience that Jinnah was not at all perturbed or influenced by his fast and the Muslim League hardly attached any value to the inner voice of Gandhi. Gandhi is being referred to as the Father of the Nation. But if that is so, he has failed in his paternal duty in as much he has acted very treacherously to the nation by his consenting to the partitioning of it. I stoutly maintain that Gandhi has failed in his duty. He has proved to be the Father of Pakistan. His inner-voice, his spiritual power, his doctrine of non-violence of which so much is made of, all crumbled against Jinnah's iron will and proved to be powerless.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Briefly speaking, I thought to myself and foresaw that I shall be totally ruined, and the only thing I could expect from the people would be nothing but hatred and that I shall have lost all my honour, even more valuable than my life, if I were to kill Gandhiji. But at the same time I thought that the Indian politics in the absence of Gandhiji would surely be practical, able to retaliate and would be powerful with the armed forces. No doubt, my own future would be totally ruined, but the nation would be saved from the inroads of Pakistan. People may even call me or dub me as devoid of any sense or foolish, but the nation would be free to follow the course founded on the reason, which I consider necessary for sound nation-building.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After having fully considered the question, I took the final decision in the matter, but I did not speak about it to anyone whatsoever. I took courage in both my hands and I did fire the shots at Gandhiji on 30th January 1948, on the prayer-grounds in Birla House. I do say that my shots were fired at the person whose policy and action had brought rack and ruin and destruction to millions of Hindus. There was no legal machinery by which such an offender could be brought to book and for this reason I fired those fatal shots. I bear no ill will towards anyone individually, but I do say that I had no respect for the present government owing to their policy, which was unfairly favourable towards the Muslims. But at the same time I could clearly see that the policy was entirely due to the presence of Gandhi.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have to say with great regret that Prime Minister Nehru quite forgets that his preaching and deeds are at times at variance with each other when he talks about India as a secular state in season and out of season, because it is significant to note that Nehru has played a leading role in the theocratic state of Pakistan, and his job was made easier by Gandhi's persistent policy of appeasement towards the Muslims. I now stand before the court to accept the full share of my responsibility for what I have done and the judge would, of course, pass against me such orders of sentence as may be considered proper. But I would like to add that I do not desire any mercy to be shown to me, nor do I wish that anyone should beg for mercy on my behalf.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My confidence about the moral side of my action has not been shaken even by the criticism levelled against it on all sides. I have no doubt that honest writers of history will weigh my act and find the true value thereof someday in future."</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nathuram Godse was hanged a year later, on 15 November 1949; as per his last wishes, his family and followers have preserved his ashes for immersion in the Indus River of a re-united India</span></div><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-62990370895472203742014-11-04T05:12:00.000-08:002014-11-04T05:12:13.916-08:00Are you nuts ? by Robert Vadra<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">What is so nutty about asking a question to Mr Vadra about the land deals he had made with the haryana govt that is discussed in public media on the hour ?<br />The Govt of India - GOI sends a 36 panel team for Z+ security for this nut job to go to his Gym.<br />Let me tell you what is nuts.<br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Some one called Vadra that no one in the national scene knew 20 years back is reportedly worth thousands and thousands of crores</li><li>The only qualification Vadra carries is marrying Rajiv's daughter</li><li>What is more nuts is the mysterious deaths of every one in Vadra's family - Dad / Sister / Brother</li><li>More mysterious is foreign mom seems to not care for all the lost ones and is busy building business empires with entitled son-in-law of the first congress family</li></ol><div>The only thing that is not nutty is thankfully you have not taken the Gandhi last name and given it to your kids following the family tradition - FEROZE KHAN.</div><div><br /></div><div>I give that to mr. vadra, because if the buddhu goes without kids and priyanka morphs to vadra, that will be the end of the "so-called-nehru-opportunistically-turned-gandhi" family.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope to see that in my life time.</div></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-3303734559740184692014-11-03T04:43:00.000-08:002014-11-03T04:43:19.284-08:00Oct 31st - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - BirthDay - Lost, Forgotton, Denied, Rejected Leader in Indian History<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Oct 31st 1875 was when Sardar Patel was born. How many of us truly knew his birthday until PM Modi organized the Ekta Run. Very few including me.<br />While young, i had true admiration of Mr. patel through stories from my father and grand father.<br />I decided to research and find the roots of this Nehru family blackout on Patel's history in India.<br />We celebrate children's day on Nov 14th, but as i can see only Halloween day is observed on Patel's birthday. It may be fitting as halloween is a sign of remembering the martyrs. Patel was a true fighter, no agenda, no politics , non nonsense statesman.<br /><br />I reviewed the news over the weekend and Congress party is claiming the PM is giving undue importance to Patel's birthday while forgetting to celebrate Indira Gandhi (Ghandy)'s birth day.<br />Again, What a Joke ?<br />UPA was in power for 10 years and micro-focused in mastering the acts of making money through corruption. Its natural to forget to celebrate the life of their party founder. I say this with a clear definition, the current day congress party is a transformation of CONGRESS(I), growing up i remember Congress(I), some how in the years to go, this master minded thugs have transformed the name back to congress party to milk the benefit of freedom movement.<br />Questions<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Why did the UPA sleep and not rejoice their party leader by commemorating say instead of children, Elderly day on Indira Priyadarshini's birthday ?</li><li>Congress party issued a statement that Sardar patel belongs to congress party so the BJP is trying to cash in on the issue, Really, is this even an argument, The world knows what the Nehru clan did to Patel's legacy. For starters please read the wiki page on patel but there are more links to provide the true story. NOTE: Dont trust the history books that we studied when young, happens to be the books printed by Nehru family.</li><li>Indira Ghandy should be given similar recognition, Really, Do these people have any sense, why you want to complain a mountain and mole hill ?</li></ol><div>I credit PM Modi to take up issues that have been forgotten, brainwashed to forget by the Congress party - Nehru family faction.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Lets go back a bit in history and see the issues in which Nehru and Patel clashed and what the outcomes have been</div><div><br /></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Partition Proposal of 1946 - Please refer to what Nehru's leadership role vs Patel's leadership actions. Using Patel's strategy the Congress folded in to the May 1946 proposal and Patel could convince 597 Kings to fold into India except for&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px; text-decoration: none;" title="Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junagadh" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px; text-decoration: none;" title="Junagadh">Junagadh</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">, and&nbsp;</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad_state" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hyderabad state">Hyderabad</a>.</li><li>Of the 3 provinces , Junagadh and Hyderabad went PATEL's way - History will speak for the rest on the political value of his decisions. Does any of us even think about the control of Nizam in Hyderabad or the legacy when traveling to Hyderabad, all we can think of is TOLLYWOOD and the IT corridor.&nbsp;</li><li>Kashmir became an EGO issue between Nehru and Patel - The War of 1947 was not dealt the way Patel wanted to deal with, Diplomacy kicked it and the useless Nehru ideology paradigm kicked in and today after 70 years we are where we are with KASHMIR due to one person's ego -- J/NEHRU.&nbsp;</li></ol><div>One thing im simply amazed is if you go back researching history you will find that from 1945 to 1947 there were a lot of changes that happened in India. Interestingly enough, Nehru was not to be seen in any of they KEY strategic decisioning the shaped india's future.</div></div><div>He was simply given the position of PM by Gandhi, if there was a popularity contest definitely Nehru was no party to it. Then comes the middleman business done by Gandhi and gave Nehru the price and the consolation price - Deputy PM / Home Minister to Patel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lets face it we are an integrated nation today because of the work Patel did , so celebrating the man that united 600 princely kingdoms is completely timely, if not delayed and forgotten for all these years.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-73305632626486667782014-11-01T10:29:00.001-07:002014-11-01T10:29:38.414-07:00The First family / Son / Daughter / Son-in-law - part 1 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have been wanting to write about this for a while, but did not want to author some thing half baked.<div>This wont be one post but a multi part series.</div><div>Lets start from the origin</div><div><br /></div><div>Who are these so called Gandhi family running the INC / Congress Party - The institution that is synonymous to the movement who got India the independence ?</div><div><br /></div><div>Jawaharlal Nehru -&nbsp;</div><div>proclaimed nationalist and son of a wealthy lawyer who grew up in estates, private tutors, cambridge education and given a career in law followed by politics by pure entitlement.</div><div>Any struggle to reach goals or survivorship skills to over come challenges - ZERO - NONE</div><div><br /></div><div>Indira Gandhi -</div><div>Only daughter of J. Nehru&nbsp;</div><div>Legal born name -&nbsp;<b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Indira Priyadarshini&nbsp;</b></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Spent most times with Mom Kamala Kaul in large palatial estates with private lessons / tutors.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Has she seen real world again, studied in govt schools, street life ?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">None ZERO</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">How did she get her surname &nbsp;- Gandhi ?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">being a Nehru or Priyadarshini&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Enters the First Son in law - Feroze Khan Ghandy - true name - born parsi / muslim</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">How does this family switch their surname to Gandhi when the dad is a born parsi/muslim with a totally different surname.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Should the Rajiv be called - Rajiv Khan Ghandy ? and Sanjay Khan Ghandy and Indira Ghandy ?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Sonia Gandhi -</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">This is the height of comical climax, Born in a italian family and got married to Rajiv she switches her surname to GANDHI&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Rahul Gandhi</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">There is really nothing interesting or even worth to write about this clown.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">He can be summarized in one statement "&nbsp;COLOSSAL&nbsp;DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY"</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">He is born in 1970 and he is 44 years old and claimed he had a spanish girlfriend 10 years back, im not a fool to believe a venezulan latina is waiting for you for 10 years.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><b>Its high time he should come out of the closet.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">There is nothing wrong about it, just saying......</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Priyanka Gandhi &amp; Robert Vadra</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Ok this is even more funnier -&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Robert Vadra, who is this guy ?&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Born to Maureen (foreign national ) and Rajinder Vadra&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">Now tell me some thing how do every one in Robert's family die or kill themselves in a 10 year period</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;">are they that foolish or screwed up ?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>My simple question is from the times of J/Nehru has there been any thing sane about the personal relationships / lives of this family ?</div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Affairs with Mount Batten's wife&nbsp;</li><li>Marriage with a Parsi and dubious name change that is clearly politically opportunistic</li><li>One son marries a beauty pagent model</li><li>Another son marries an Italian waitress who runs this country's largest national party&nbsp;</li><li>3rd generation is even more messed up&nbsp;</li><li>4th generation is growing to be teenagers&nbsp;</li></ul><div>If you follow this for 100 years, a simple pattern repeats</div></div><div>we went from a autocracy, kings ruling, Foreign slavery, Family slavery&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>What next ?</div><div>The next part will go deep into each "SO CALLED Gandhi" But NEHRU or GHANDY descendants and reveal the real face of each of them....</div><div><br /></div><div>What a joke ?</div><div><br /></div><div>All we learnt in CIVICS and HISTORY growing up was</div><div><br /></div><div>Nehru Chaacha, Gandhi Thaatha&nbsp;</div><div>NAM</div><div>5 year plans</div><div>Planning commission</div><div>Socialistic Ideologies</div><div>Welfare driven statehood</div><div><br /></div><div>what crap, has any one of these worked ?&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Did the clown fraternity that we read in our History books really fetch freedom or were the British bankrupt that they could not deal with colonies after WWII and just decided to pack bags and leave ?</div><div><br /></div><div>Lets get some honest answers ?</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14.9333333969116px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-82500533975279545432014-10-31T22:00:00.000-07:002014-10-31T22:00:21.667-07:00Among the many songs explaining a Dad - Daughter relationship ......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Dad - Daughters hold a special bond as you all can agree,<br />Among the melodies that portray the beauty of this relationship, the one at the top is<br />ORU DEIVAM THANTHA POOVE &nbsp;from Kannathil Muthamittal by Vairamuthu<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Oru Theivam Thantha Poovae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Kannil Thedal Enna Thaayae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Oru Theivam Thantha Poovae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Kannil Thedal Enna Thaayae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Vaazhvu Thodangum Idam Neethaanae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Vaanam Mudiyum Idam Neethaanae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Kaatrai Pola Nee Vanthaayae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Swasamaaga Nee Nindraayae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Maarbil Oorum Uyirae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Oru Theivam Thantha Poovae</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">Kannil Thedal Yenna Thaayae</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ènathu Šøntham Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ènathu Bagayum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kaathal Malarum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Karuvil Mullum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Chella Mazhayum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Chinna Idiyum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Chella Mazhayum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Chinna Idliyum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Pirantha Udalum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Piriyum Uyirum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Pirantha Udalum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Piriyum Uyirum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Maranam Neendra Jananam Nee</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Oru Theivam Thantha Pøøvae<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kannil Thedal Yenna Thaayae</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Oswald, Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ènathu Šelvam Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ènathu Varumai Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kidaitha Kavithai Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Yezhuthu Pizhayum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Iraval Velicham Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Iravin Kanneer Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Iraval Velicham Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Iravin Kanneer Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Yenathu Vaanam Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Izhantha Širagum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Yenathu Vaanam Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Izhantha Širagum Nee<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Naan Thøøki Valartha Thuyaram Nee</div><div><br /></div><div>So simple, so &nbsp;elegant and soulful.</div><div><br /></div><div>Recently heard this unplugged version and it melted me away...</div><div>http://youtu.be/5QnpfvXR8O4?list=PLD9D85A7B58669612</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks Neha ....</div></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-39790908011742186202014-10-28T05:43:00.000-07:002014-10-28T05:43:16.898-07:00INR devaluation and the real reasons behind it.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have been researching on this topic for some time to understand real reasons for a INR meltdown.<br />Is it really Gold imports, Oil prices ?<br />These are perennial problems nothing new, nothing that should move the currency 50%.<br />What else could be the reason ?<br />FDI / &nbsp;FII pull out was the other common reason quoted<br />So i went into researching how a FDI/ FII can pull out.<br />To understand better how a FDI/ FII can pull out one must understand how they can come in at the first place.<br />Most Foreign investments use Participatory notes funneled through a FII to invest in indian markets.<br />There are a ton of advantages in doing so if you are really a foreign investor.<br />The problem with our currency deval is our beloved politicians take the money to SWISS and bring it back through Mauritius and invest in indian markets.<br />It does a few things<br />Inflates the indian markets<br />When they pull out because they fully take their money back in Dollars kills the currency in india.<br />This is a complex problem to solve and our ex FM knows it well.<br />So he played stories such as Gold imports should be curbed when the currency was getting killed.<br />Please research<br />Participatory notes<br />round tripping<br />Money laundering using P-Notes Participatory notes<br />black money hiding using participatory notes&nbsp;</div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-74624175734894315412014-07-06T20:04:00.000-07:002014-07-06T20:04:00.494-07:00Modi in Power and a few national issues being revisited ....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have to admit, Im guilty of not knowing or trying to learn about Indian history. Thanks to the Congress govt and the nehru and gandhi dynasty to have left the history books in dark and drum beat the usual crap that we have all been exposed to all this time.<br /><br />I give Mr. Modi a lot of credit as he started to revisit a lot of the national issues that are due for a clean up<br /><br /><b>Article 370 - revisit&nbsp;</b><br /><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Its high time we need to revisit this as a nation. Make no mistake we are not going to accept a referendum from J&amp;K, it has to be a national referendum. If J&amp;K wants to option to preserve Article 370, so does the rest of the nation should have a voice to accept this bogus article.</div><div>Article 370 in 1949 was a Nehru blunder and the 1974 Indira-Sheikh accord was a double blunder by the clown dynasty who has ruled this country and has not let us to be who we are.</div><div>Article 370 must be revisited and public preference must be heard not the Sheikhs or Abdullahs</div><div>Until 1965 the CM / Governors were called PM and President of J&amp;K, what a joke?</div><div>You either stay in the union or you get out, as simple as that.</div><div>I wish nehru travelled a few additional times and the country could have executed like " OPERATION POLO" and annexed J&amp;K and solved the issue once for all.</div><div>Do we hear about Nizam of Hyderabad or their allegiance to pakistan today, all we hear is Telengana and Seemandra. How did the landscape change ?</div><div>The leadership of Patel helped to solve the issue once for all. Mr Modi should follow Mr.Patel's footsteps and take an Iron Hand and solve this issue once and for all.</div><div><br /></div><div></div><br /><b>Katchatheevu - 1974 accord&nbsp;</b><div><br /></div><div>Until 1974 this islet was jointly adminstered by India and Srilanka, but suddenly like many dumb decisions done in 1974, Indian govt decided to transfer power to Srilanka. In return for what ?</div><div>Nothing . ZIP NADA ZILCH</div><div>This accord was not ratified by both houses of the parliament, which means its ILLEGAL.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr Modi has started to revisit this and we wish a legal process will be followed to protect India's best interests.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-81307132830445017472013-11-10T07:29:00.001-08:002013-11-10T07:29:30.230-08:00Idharkku thaane aasapattai balakumara - <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hats off to Vijay Sethupathi - i laughed really hard , thanks to VSP, He is one of a kind.<br />Story selection, Screenplay, delivery and casual presence on screen -- Mind blowing -<br />Another Super Hit - VSP - fantastic - very happy to see you succeed -<br />Good Luck .</div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-10009682742994631332013-02-08T08:55:00.000-08:002013-02-08T08:56:51.563-08:00Immerse in Isaignani Ilayaraja on Feb 23 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><head> </head> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Raja is in town</b><br />I was debating to go or not, but i'm going, thanks to my bud shah to securing fantastic seats.<br />I have been to ARR shows in DC, but this is a musical tropical storm that is going to hit the NJ coast<br />Excited, beginning to think what songs would i like him to sing, Way too many comes to my mind , a small list below<br /><br />naan thedum sevandhi poovidhu<br /><br />thendral vandhu theendum podhu enna varnamo<br /><br />Valayosai - sathya<br /><br />Ninokori varanam - Agni nathchitram<br /><br />Anjali any song<br /><br />Mayil pola ponnu onnu<br /><br />kannama kaadhal eanum kavidhai solladi - VV pookal<br /><br />Varusham 16 any song<br /><br />Sundari kannal oru sedhu<br /><br />Ilaya nila pozhigiradhu<br /><br />idhu oru nilak aalaaaam<br /><br />the list grows , whatever it is, we will enjoy and im sure the night wont be enough<br /><br />Again Exicted<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-26927562245264265922013-02-04T09:01:00.001-08:002013-02-04T09:01:16.906-08:00Saturday Evening Russell in town <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have never missed a show of him when he visits DC, Saturday we went to see the show with friends<br />I never have laughed so hard for about 2 hours straight while i came out my stomach hurt i was drenched in sweat, it was a laughing workout , seriously<br />This man is funny, i never imagined he can stay married, and my prediction was true, he did get divorce.<br />But he is super cool --<br />great show, thanks<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-79281648054553572602013-02-04T08:16:00.001-08:002013-02-04T08:16:52.912-08:00Been awfully quiet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Blog writing with consistency is not easy i agree....<br />I went on a 2 year hiatus as i was busy in making a baby, 1 year&nbsp;implementation&nbsp;and 1 year of post production support<br />Now getting back to groove, whats been happening around me no idea, i was in a bubble for past 18 months<br />But market has been very kind , Real estate is consolidating, Real estate in india is booming, Gold is stabilizing, Job market in DC is good, overall cannot complain<br />I will start to write on topics of social interest shortly atleast 1 a week, my resolve is to hit 1 good article a week , hope i can keep up<br /><br />Enjoy...<br />Sada<br /><br /><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-6433254705665544362011-01-04T18:52:00.000-08:002011-01-04T18:56:35.148-08:00Begin of 2011Year 2011 is starting out with huge exuberence, high momentum and very bullish signs<div>Seems to me -- too good to be true, But im not going to sit and challenge the market</div><div>I agree SPY knows more than me </div><div>But being content and taking profits is a good strategy</div><div>A few things to employ</div><div><ol><li>Trim or Sell positions where you are having a good profit and play on the house's money</li><li>Use the profits to buy SPY puts 120 or 115 for near months</li><li>Pick undervalued sectors value picks and do dollar cost averaging</li></ol><div>Keep some not a lot cash and wait for a 10 + % pull back </div></div><div>This year could be a good year if we read and play it right --</div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck every body and post your thoughts</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">A</span>nd yes -- HAPPY NEW YEARS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-56043912878413068452010-12-27T18:59:00.000-08:002010-12-27T19:08:28.307-08:00Looking Ahead 2011Winding down 2010 and looking ahead to 2011<br />Im sort of mixed in my feelings and almost i should say BLANK about 2011, Every body around is predicting good retail sales over holidays, more momentum in industrial output, growing emerging markets, rate hikes in china, higher oil prices all indicate we are looking towards growth<br />Its a good story to beleive in<br />Im although as i said BLANK, i will stay on side lines for the first couple of weeks in January and wait and watch how things shape up.<br />My top sectors to watch for 2011 with good growth prospects are<br />XLF - Financials / FAS for risk takers<br />XLV - Financials<br />XRT - retail<br />FAA - Airline stocks after Oil plateaus<br />XLK - Tech is cheap and is really cheap<br />Combine this with Internationals which you are comfortable and knowledgeable about<br />May it be<br />Brazil, Turkey, India, China, Austria, Singapore, Malaysia,South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Canada<br />whichever is your most favorite country play some exposure there would complement a US domestic.<br />For 2011, i do expect the internationals to look at US domestic and feel US is cheap and good area to invest, i expect may Emerging and Soverign funds flowing money into US which could help drive US equities up<br />Shorting TLT , buying TBT will be good trade<br />Buying metals such as SLV and PALL could be good trades, some gold will be ok , i prefer silver and palladium<br /><strong>What are some of your thoughts ?</strong>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-44059469123297102162010-12-07T18:44:00.000-08:002010-12-07T19:00:22.845-08:00Finally Obama Pulls Through - Cave in is some times nice<b>Thanks Mr. President, Finally caving in does feel sweet</b><div><br /></div><div>Extension of Bush tax cuts for 2 more years</div><div>Preserving capital gains and dividends tax rate</div><div>Estate inheritance upto 5M no tax </div><div>Support for small business</div><div>Last but not least - reducing FICA to 4.2% - a 2 %r reduction</div><div>Is this too good to be true, </div><div>If parts of this passes before the congress breaks off i would be extremely happy -</div><div>This is a good sign and a setup for a STRONG JANUARY in 2011</div><div>2010 has been a blessed year with the volatility and corrections in February, June/July and Late August yet at a YTD double digit returns its been a good ride, </div><div>I would take a 10% year like 2010 with the bumps in the road any day over a 2009 or 2008</div><div>Hopefully the market keeps healthy volatility in 2011 and provides opportunities for all segments of investors</div><div>I still honestly feel the broader Equity market is undervalued with the Tech bell weathers still trading at 10-20 P/E, tons of cash on books, strong cash flow, earnings growth, certainly feel there are under valued segments in the market vs over heated segments such as Cloud, virtualization, boutique niche product providers in consumer space may it be a Burrito, Ugg Boots, Streaming video inverstors are cheering these segments shying away from companies like CSCO or INTC </div><div><br /></div><div>The three domestic US sectors i would like to research for the next year</div><div>are </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Financials - XLF</b></div><div><b>Health Care - XLV</b></div><div><b>Tech - XLK</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-4847565077967311672010-10-05T04:20:00.000-07:002010-10-05T04:22:44.370-07:00SuperStar Super Movie -<strong>Endhiran Vizha -</strong><br />Finally the most awaited movie of the year is on screens<br />the movie more than any thing is an experience the whole shabangs of prepping going and watching the movie, Great feeling --<br />Check this article -<br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2267820/">http://www.slate.com/id/2267820/</a><br />Hope you all enjoyed it, never seen this kind of crowd for a tamil movie in the US , have to say first time ....Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-69647841070973196622010-10-01T08:41:00.000-07:002010-10-01T08:42:43.252-07:00Run in India<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><div><b>Markets in India</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Have you been witnessing the phenomenal run in india compared against any emerging market country since 3rd quarter the run in india is unstoppable</div><div>the main reason is not retail investor participation, infact retail investor has a next to nothing participation.</div><div>a telling sign is ALL indian banks are CASH RICH RICH and trading at record high levels with very high reserves and ton of cash common people are having money in bank</div><div>FIIs are FLOWING money like crazy into india, </div><div>the big question is WILL the retail investor come out and start moving money from Banks into equities after this run or are they going to be cautios form the 2008 burn and stay out</div><div>if they participate we are going to see a run all the way up to 25,000 BSE by mid 2011.</div><div>Your thoughts ?</div><div><br /></div><div>Sada</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div></span><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-76396442179174713812010-09-11T05:08:00.000-07:002010-09-11T05:17:17.238-07:00Emerging Markets - India and ETFs - is this the way to go ?Emerging Markets<br />We understand the emerging markets have run up a lot talk about BIC, are second satellite emerging countries , i try to call them the EMERGING Small Caps such as Austria, South korea, South Africa, Turkey etc have also run up a quite a bit<br />Given such a scenario, with the US domestic market in a Head and shoulder pattern are there real opportunities in Emerging markets on a PULL back or minor correction<br />Certainly i think so, watch for a decent 10% correction to come before end of calendar year on the emerging front may be driven by China and entering into a good blend emerging ETFs would be a very good approach<br /><br />FOllowing are some of the good ETFs we are looking at<br />VWO<br />EEM<br />DGS<br />EDC<br />BKF<br />BICSada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-8896429952314205462010-08-18T18:13:00.000-07:002010-08-18T18:42:31.548-07:00SKY High Analysis - Satellites and Retail Trending by Hedge and Wall St Funds -Recently i was watching my morning CNBC routine and caught this on my radar which i thought was cool<div>http://www.cnbc.com/id/38722872/New_Big_Brother_Market_Moving_Satellite_Images</div><div>Hedge fund and Analysts are now using Satellite, Geo Imaging to trend parking lots of large box retailers where the observe number of cars and trend quarterly earnings, consumer activity</div><div>I think it was a very cool idea</div><div>now we can predict where and when the consumers are going, next thing we can predict</div><div>What kind of cars go to Costco, -Macys, Walmart, Best Buy etc and correlate economic demographic to stores and create patterns of usage and predict earnings.</div><div>Google earth after all not seems to be bad idea now</div><div>Historically there have been many methods</div><div>Number of Trailer trucks in I81 or other interstate corridors which showed movement of goods</div><div>this just takes to a new level</div><div>Before you know there might be drone satellites surveying expensive, affluent high income earning ZIP CODES , thanks to Loudoun,Fairfax, Montgomery,Prince Williams,Howard we can expect many more drone satellites trying to analyze and sell services or study behavior for consumer activity.</div><div>Interesting ~~~~~~<br /><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-71989886781922175432010-06-13T04:44:00.001-07:002010-06-13T04:50:33.621-07:00Support and Resistance levels<strong>Support and Resistance levels and Rangebound trading </strong><br />We hear every one talking about this, what does this mean, is there some element behind these numbers, i was skeptical so i began to watch how the market behaves around these levels<br />Currently lets assume the range for SP500 is between 1040 to 1110<br />what we need to watch is to see how the buyers get into the market when SP 500 is at 1040 and how sellers / institutions get out to book profits when it flirts around 1110<br />If thats how we are going to be until end of the year it presents opportunities to book to 20 to 30% returns in a calendar year if we have 3 cycles such corrections<br />So far in CY2010 we have had 2 .<br />Feb 2010 - first week<br />April 23-26th 2010<br />Im not sure the current correction we are in is over and we are headed towards 1110 SP500 and 11,000 DOW ( thanks AA DOW 30 is a drag now)<br />But when we do there is a great opportunity to make use of range bound market activities.<br />Since MARCH 2009, we have had 4 such corrections - July 2009 , Oct/Nov 2009, Feb 2010, May 2010<br />So its a matter of PURE PATIENCE and not getting swayed by market movementsSada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-87836910751951903452010-05-06T13:58:00.000-07:002010-05-06T13:59:54.290-07:00WHAT A DAY ---- DID YOU USE THE OPPORTUNITYWhat a day guys<br />amidst all the technology trading companies my little SHAREBUILDER - thanks to costco<br />ROCKED, every one of my trade went through fine<br />what about you guys ?Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-62473841205621065222010-05-03T07:20:00.000-07:002010-05-03T07:34:09.917-07:00Flirting at Highs and Searching for ValueOverpriced Equities and Searching for undervalued picks<br />I guess this is a constant struggle for any investor, looking at the current trends and politics beating stocks down, im beleiving that the following equities are good 6 month long plays<br />GS<br />BRKB<br />BP<br />C<br />I was talking about the line up refresh in CROCS for this summer /spring - already up today by 6% so i add that to my watch cluster<br />CROX<br />Any body any reads on ANF ?<br />the high brand maker is a good flirt when the economy rebounds just like people craving to buy Estee lauder perfumes<br /><br />Also i was looking into REDBOX and see numbers behind it<br />CSTR that owns redbox already shot up, i was looking into Netflix/nflx and hping to catch a wind in coinstar but the wind is blowing very very hard<br />Just watch it closely<br />GS<br />BRKB<br />BP<br />C<br /><br />Activity players<br />CROX<br />ANF<br />UA<br />CSTR<br />NFLX<br /><br />Pls share your thoughts --Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-5422819306271021442010-04-05T10:48:00.000-07:002010-04-05T10:51:16.983-07:00Flirting with 11000 and marching towards 12000Are we going to hit the 11000 mark today and march forward ?<br />Speaking of emotions i posted i liked Panera and Chipotle food , look at where they are today<br />Emotions , Instinct and Gutt are some times good some times badSada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879407873735503150.post-21318407561880288452010-04-01T08:48:00.001-07:002010-04-01T08:59:45.238-07:00Crossing 11000 - Is there a 10-15% pullback ahead?<strong>Easter Break</strong><br />Heading into a 11,000 breaking streak in the markets , i think the snow storm of early february in midatlantic was a good gift from nature.<br />With streets piled on snow and nothing else to do, it gives some time to research, Feb 8,9,10 were good days to getback on feet into allocation exposure in equities into the market<br />With that said, are we going into the cherry blossoms and should trim equity exposure say by 25% across the portfolio ?<br />I think it may not be a bad idea after all,<br />The only predictable route to make money today is selling puts on AAPL i guess !!!<br />i dont subscribe to the ITAB hype, but the market seems not to care about it and rides on emotional attachments.<br />I strongly the beleive the consumer casual dining market will have a good run in the next 3 to 6 months, brands that interest me are -<br />WEN<br />PNRA<br />CMG<br />MCD<br />BKC<br />YUM<br /><strong>Panera and chipotle i think are overbought but i like their food - damn emotion plays in again !!!!!</strong>Sada Rajagopalanhttps://plus.google.com/102836083298089572282noreply@blogger.com0